The 5th Circuit Court recently ruled in favor of Vulcan Materials’ proposed quarry in Medina County, Texas. The ruling upheld decisions made by the Surface Transportation Board and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

The U.S. Geological Survey reports that an estimated 255 million metric tons of crushed stone was produced and shipped for consumption in the United States in the fourth quarter of 2009, a decrease of 20% compared with that of the same period of 2008. The